Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000003373

Family: ANACARDIACEAE

Scientific Name: Pistacia vera L.

Collector: J.E.T. Aitchison

Country: Afghanistan

Uses: The kernel is used as a cardiac and brain tonic. Flowers are included in prescriptions for leucorrhoea. Husk is used against dysentery and as astringent in stomatitis and tonsillitis.